Sarah Aughwane

Associate | London

Her matters include Court of Protection work and offshore trust litigation. She advises on all types of trust and probate disputes including issues relating to the validity of wills and trusts, the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and claims for removal of trustees/ protectors and division of trust assets.

Focus areas

Sarah and Dawn Goodman for the successful beneficiaries in The Matter of the A Trust [2012] JRC 169A, where the Royal Court of Jersey made new law on the scope of the duties of trust protectors and the grounds on which they may be removed from office. The Royal Court found that, as with trustees, the correct test for removal of a protector arises from Letterstedt v Broers. Due not only to the protector’s misunderstanding his duties to his beneficiaries but also his failure to keep a watchful eye on the trustee’s management of the trusts, the Royal Court suspended his powers and removed him from office.